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12 THIS OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY , MAY 15 , 1008. THE ONIAIIA SUMMY n. uoanwATiiii. iMitor. nviiiiY Ti : MS OK fiunscntPTioN. TMlly n > o ( Without Sunduy ) , OneYoar.r. l > nlly Hce nint Sunday , One Ycnr . 800 Klx Months . ttri Three Months . 20J Hundar Hoc , Ono Ywir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.0) Bn.turil.ty HOP , One. Yrnr . . . . 1.50 Weekly lice , One Ycnr . Ci OKK1CR3. Omnhn : Tim He > lUilMIni : . Bouth Omnlm : Blnccr liiock , Corner N anil 2llh Streets. Council IJIuirn : JO P firl Htrcct. I'hlcniro Olllcn : 002 Chamber of Com merce. Now York : Temple Court. Washington : 501 Fourteenth Street. All communications relating to news nml editorial matter should bo addressed : To tlio rMltor. rMltor.IWSINEBS LtTTEns. All buslnettt letters nml remittance * hoilld lie addressed In Tim Hoc Publishing Comiuny , ntnalia. Dinfta , checks. uxpri- and tMMtofllcu money orders to ho made paynble In the order nf thn company. THE HKH PUHMSin.NG COMPANY. _ STATEMENT OF CIHCULATlOtf. State of Ncdraaka , Douglas county , M. : George 1) ) . Tzichuck , secretary of Tlio Bco Publishing compuny. being duly eworn , tuyn that the actual number of full and complete copies of The Dilly , Moinlng , Evening and Sunday Dee , printed during the month of April , IMS. was us follows : Total 7SOIKt returns and untold copies 17,42 < Net total sales 7 < mlB7 Not dally iivorajjo 25,639 aROHOC II , TZSCHUCK , Sworn to before mo nml nubsc-rlbed In my presence thU 30th day of April , 1S9S. ( Seal. ) N. P. FEIL. Notary Public. f It would appear tliat tinrlcht place to stin-t a flrM-class calamity party this year Is in Spain. Not oven the most ardent advocates of war as a incaiw to national pros perity profess to see nuytli'.iii ; like pros perity In store for Spain. fTonjrross has ollk-Ially llxed the date when the war bowm , lint what the peo- jile are mo-U Intorosled In now Is the dale when the war will end. IJvery report of the conditions of Ne braska soil wall retpoet to prospects for Kprlntf sowing Is favorable. Nebraska's crop alone will feed the army. " Ht the United States had been collect- IUK a tax on railway excursion tickets the past month the question of financing the war ml ht not now be so trouble- The Klondike regiment In the volini- teer service Ls y6t to be hoard from , but It 'will doubtless niikt | its appear ance If the wrtr with Spain lasts long AVlmt can have happened to the con.- RTOHslauul pie bakery ? Can itbe possible that lt capacity was exhausted by the one order of the popocratlc statesmen from Nebraska ? If the railroads want Governor Hoi. comb to hold the'Nebraska volunteers nt Lincoln for still another Sunday ex cursion they ought not to be bashful about saylii } ? the word. N.CW Orleans sot the example by re ; iKiinliiK , Spain street and calling it Dewey street and now St. Louis no longer has King's highway , but In Ita tttfiul Dewey boulevard. The fact that the governor general of the Philippine * received positive Instruc tions to hold Manila indicates that tile Spanish government feared he might bo "selztMli with the Insane Impulse to drop It * Let It be borne constantly In mind that whenever the necessity for a war debt becomes Imperative , the establish- 'nient of a postal savings bank system offers the most popular way oE Moating a really popular loan. Now that we are well started In a new war , It ought to lx > time to put a stop to the practice of passing special b.lh through congresM to remove the charge of desertion from the records of those .who failed to get an honorable discharge In the last Avar. Let all loyal Amer.vans do their trnv- t'lluR this year In the United States , Next year traveling will be wife and pleasant In Cuba , I'orto llk-o and the Philippines and American rovers will then tlnd a great many places In Spain's former possessions to Interest them. When a federation of western labor unions \vni organ'/.ed In Salt Lake last week a resolution was passed calling upon the people of the west to go Into politics : In view of what the western people have been doing for M-voral years tills resolution seems a trltle late , An Kngllsh literary woman hat Mied for damages a critic who pui .her name In it list of authors In "could not take .M'rlomly. " If hi refuses to take her seriously now there may be other ways of brliig.nj ! him to time. Such crltUx certainly need disciplining. The yellow war correspondents an still busily enjjngfd telling the army am' navy authorities just how their move njcnts should be directed. Tile-annoy Ing feature of the situation Is that the men In actual command do not seem U appreciate the Invaluable advice offeree by the fakirs. Then * C no more excuse for aunexlnt Hawaii as tv Avar measure than then watt for. annexing It as a peace proposl ttou. Anil there never wo * any vulli reason why the question of Iluwalliu annexation should bo seriously enter talncd for a. moment by the people o tlio United State * 117771 xr.\r \ coxninuxa. That the I'nited Stale * In confronted with new com ! lions of a most Important nature Is universally revogn.r.cd. Hut Hint this necessarily demands that we riluill renounce the traditional policy of the ttMtloit and launch the republic upon | a new ( curse for which iliuic Is tin nu | thorty In the constitution and no prece-j dent in our hMory , Is not conclusively shown by those who nre nrcitiK " 'li n course. The more radical advocates of territorial aciiuNltlon , however , do not convent tliem clviv about the cons * tu- tlon and precedents. They IIPJ ijit'tu prepared to Ignore these , together with the precepts of the founders of tie ; gov ernment. They nlllrm that w > have ivaehed n new and vital crisis In our national development which neither our constitution makers nor our iwlk-y frnui- era have foreseen and therefore we are warranted In striking out Into a new path. They admit , as they must do , that while pursuing the course which they would now have the nation aban don the 1'nlted States has become In wealth and Industrial capacity the fore most nation of the world , but Instead of .seeing In this a most substantial and conclusive reason why we should adhere to the course thus far pursued , they use It to Justify the departure they urge. The splendid progress of the nation un der a | Mllcy that has kept us out of the entanglements and complications of the old world has no Avelght with the ad vocates of territorial aggrandizement. It is declared that we have before us but two alternatives either to continue our present position of fettered subjec tion to the leading commercial powers , or to put ourselves In a pos'.tlou of van tage for sharing In the world's com merce equal to that of the foremost na tions. "This carries the conclusion , " says one advocate of territorial acquisi tion , "that we must provide ourselves with all the enulpments of power that the other commercial powers have found necessary for the expansion and protection of their trade. If we would , we cannot evade the factor In current civilisation that foreign commerce must still go hand In hand with tlio swortl and tlie battleship and If we are not prepared to accept this Indispensable condition of progress we must accept the failure of our great destiny as the world's leading commercial power. " Yet we have achieved commercial power , In which we stand today second among the nations of the world , without the sword and the battle > U p and but for a disastrous civil conflict whlvb checked our commercial advance and left us without a merchant marine there can be no question that this coun try would now be first among com mercial powers , as It Is first among the nations in wealth and Industrial ca pacity. The history of the growth of the Tiilted States In foreign commerce is conclusive evidence that the sword and the battleship are not essential or Indispensable to commercial progre > s , 'It ' will be an evil day for this republic If ever 4ts people shall divide that In order to extend commerce It Is- neces sary 4o acquire remote territory , for the protection of which great military nnd nnvul establishments nnist be main tained. Once having entered niton such a policy who can foresee where It would end or Into what troubles It would lead us ? If we should ever employ the sword and the battleship us the means of extending trade we should certainly find other nations ready to give us every opportunity to keep them well ovcupled. We believe the sober and coithervatlvo judgment , of the American people can be trusted to pre vent n. departure In national policy that would be a meiinve to our peace and to the perpetuity of our political system. t FHKA'VJl ONFIllKNDUNESS. The unfriendliness toward the United States manifested by a Inrge.portion o ; the press nnd people of 1'rnuve is not Inexplicable , yet in view of the long period of cordial relations between tile two countries and the fact that both are republics , many Americans find It d 1H- enlt to understand why at this juncture Frenchmen should unsparingly de nounce the United States and ardently symiNithl/e with Spain. Uae'al ties have much to do with this. A prominent - ( nent French writer recently saidVe : 1 are the purest blooded , the/ most clvl- llxed and the most numerous representa tives % of the Latin race. For that reason we must watch everything that con cerns the future of that race. The war now waged by the Anglo Saxons of America against the Latins of Spain marks another step In the struggle which has existed for so many centuries between the two races. " This undoubt edly reflects the nearly universal feeling In France race Interest and race preju dice. Frenchmen generally cannot have any admiration for Spain's form of gov ernment , but that does not prevent them from extending sympathy to a people of a common race who are also neighbors. Another explanation of French sym pathy with ' . N * Spa'.n less creditable be cause distinctly mercenary. French capi tal is Invested to a very liirRis amount In Spaul&h bonds nnd al.-o In various in- < lustrlal and other enterprises of Spain. These French investors are Inllnent'al and they hi/ve. spared no effort to create a public sentiment hostile to this coun try. They nre able to no a notoriously venal press for this purpoM > and to otherwise influence public hentimeiir. Another thing that helps to make French feeling agaliiht us Is the friendly attitude of Kagland , toward which country Frenchmen entertain almost as hearty a hatred as they do toward Ger many. Then there. Is the fact that our present tariff law has somewhat re duced French trade with the Un'.ted States , making us enemies In Industrial quarters. Tutting these things together the at titude of th French people Is not illfll- vult to undcrMaud , yet Americana may justly complain of the unfairness nnd Injustice which clmradcrixc much of the opln'on and comment made In' France in regard to the course and pol icy of this government , We may not blame Frenchmen for feeling unfriendly , but we have the right 10 expect from them fairness and candor. That we shall not get this , however , secnw a * mvd. So fur us the French covernuieiit ts couccrued it baa done 1U .duty. It promptly announced nn nstisa-'e ' of' ' atrlct neutrality and this will undoubt edly bo maintained to the end. lint the great majority of the French jteople nro antagonistic nnd will remain so a re-1 grettable fart , but one which the Amer- . lean people can regard without invent- ( incut. So long as the government faithfully - , fully performs Its international duty , ns It appears fully disposed to do , little heed need be given to popular criticism or clamor. A 1-nMiTinti.r.mt NIXT. The directors of the Tiansinlssl Exposition have acted wisely In creat ing the position of general manager , on whom Miull develop the supervision of employes In and ulxtnt the exposition grounds nnd buildings. In th s they have cast no reflection upon the ex ecutive committee , but have only fol lowed out the example of every other great exposition. The action would have been taken months ago but for the dis inclination of the d'rectory t J run counter to the expressed wishes of a majority of the executive committee , who , for reasons not yet explained , have sought to continue n mode of administration manifestly Impractical. Now that the question of the creation of the general manager's olllce has been disposed of , the next thing Imperatively demanded Is the creation of the ottlce of comptroller. As nt present organized the functions of secretary , trea.surer and comptroller nro centered In one and the same man. The secretary revolves and re ceipts for money nnd signs the vouchers that nre cashed on presentation to the treasurer without any other check. In reality , therefore , the treasurer acts merely as a depository which receives the exposition funds on deposit nnd pays them out on order of the secretary. The so called auditors of the exposi tion have never been anything but book keepers , acting under direction of the secretary. The assurance that the ex position books have been balanced from time to time by the so-called auditor , therefore , counts for nothing. It simply certifies to the fact that the credits and debits as recorded In the books equal one another. It Is an entirely different matter to have each voucher scrutinized by an officer Independently responsible and In no way subordinate to either the .sectetnry or treasurer. In a word , the exposition needs a comptroller , without whose endorsement no vouchers shall be good. This officer Is the more necessary now when the ex * position Is about to Issue hundred of thousands of dollars In warrants and bonds and when probably more than $1,000,000 will be turned jn from gate receipts and concessions. Xo corpora tion doing such a large business would think of permitting one man to receive , handle and pay out Its revenue without intermediate check. This is partlculaily true of public corporations or quasi- public orporatloiLS like the exposition. It Is not a question of confidence In the pivsent olllcers. but simply requiring that strict 'business methods shall be pursued by the exposition. QUKSTIOXS WITH CANADA. It the Canadian government is really anxious for a settlement of matters lu controversy with the United States un doubtedly our government will IM found disposed to enter Into negotiations the first favorable opportunity , but the present would hardly .seem to be an ans- plelous time for doing so. Announce ment was made a short time agoktbat the Cnnnd'an government had appointed a commissioner to po to Washington and If possible arrange for another-con ference on the questions In controversy , but there nre obvious reasons why noth ing is likely to' be done nt least pending the completion of , war preparations. The/ questions to be settled are numer ous nnd Important and their early ad justment Is certainly to be dlslred. They Include the perpexlng controversy in regard to the seals , the problem of reel- proclty , thei complication ns to the fisher ies nnd some lesser matters concerning immigration , labor Interests and kindred subjects. Then there Is the more recent question regarding property rights , mln- 'ng tux and police service la the Kloii- dike , which have already Imposed a serious strain upon the forbearance of both governments. There can be no doubt that these question * can all be amicably and honorably adjusted" If they are dealt with In the proper spirit If a disposition Is manifested on both sides to make fair nnd reasonable con cessions. The greatest d'fllculty. perhaps - haps , will be found with the question of reciprocity , which the Canadian govern ment hns shown a desire to make para mount , the settlement of the other mat ters to depend on this. It may not now be disposed , however , to Insist upon this. THE RED CROSS JN CUItA. The fear that the lied Cross society will not be able to operate In Cuba to alleviate the sufferings of the victims of war has no other foundation than the reputation of tin ; Spaniards for cruelty and inhumanity and the threats of Irre sponsible Spanish braggarts. The offi cers and tigenis of the American society withdrew from Cuba with the American consuls because they were engaged In helping the poor people "who have been forced by Spanish oflleers to leave their homes and remain In the cities to starve , and this method of opposing the Insurgents ! s regarded by Spain us le gitimate warfare. But the Spanish government Is li.iniul by treaty to recognize the neutrality of the Jled Cross and to give protection fi persons working under authority from that society. While there Is properly no International Ued Cross , nil of ths national > .oclctlci are organize ! on. ' the same basis and under the treaty drawn up at Geneva in ISlL't , afterward remod eled and Improved and signed by twenty-five nations. The American Red Cross IMS been more conspicuous In re lief work throughout the world than airy other. Should there be any pro longed campaign of the American ar mies In Cuba the American lied Cross volunteers will be found with the ar mies attending'to the Hick1 and wounded and giving food niid shelter to all who are suffering. The president of the American wciety la quoted a * Maying that * the lied Cross agenU engaged in distributing food to the people or Matauzns and other cities of Cuba \vcrc tMttrd with uniform re.- pec by the Sp.-inlxh anllmrlle ! . WluMt they left the l.ilaflit'thc ' Mtppllei not yet distributed were1 tUVuuil over to the lltltlsh consuls. 'jjoVjiu of the food and ' clothing may haye ( { ecu stolen , but It Is probable- that nearly nil of the supplies * ultimately went to persons who de. crved them. Krai If tin * ( Spanish armies uie deposed to carrj"\Jti" ' the war In old bar barous ways. gMtig no quarter nud n k- lug none , shutting .out nil considerations of humanity , tlu ' . ftpanlsh government cannot afford to , per tlt such warfaie , since all the Christian nations of the earth arc Inteivsttub In maintaining the agreements entered Into for revogiilt on of the Ued Cro.-J'work. ' ; / OF THK HNUUSII r t.XfW.wK. The latest of all the Kngllslt dictionar ies dellnes more than : UX,000 ) words and phrases , nearly all of which are In use or might be n.sed properly by a person writing or speaking the Kngllsh lan guage. Only a few years nco the best dictionaries treated -of hardly half as many words and the first of the Kngllsb dictionaries printed only -80 years ago defined only 5,000 words. It Is true that but a small proportion of the :5itO,000 : words listed as fully Incorporated Into the English language are actually used by the people In their dally Intercourse , yet the new ones are being taken Into the language more rapidly than the old ones me dropped. Much of this growth of the English language has taken place within the present century and it Is due more to the commercial , political or military achievements ! of the Anglo-Saxons than to bold literary 'conquests. The process by which the Kngllsh language grows Is well Illustrated by the reception ac corded a batch of useful new words brought out by the Cuban troubles. "Machete" Is a Spanish word just adopted by the people of the United States and its meaning broadened. I There Is a good prospect that In like manner "reconceutrudo" and "Incom municado" will be Anglicized , especially since the last named word tills a gap ! In the Kuglbh language. The usefulness of "trocha" ' was early recognized and now "Immune " Is seen frequently where no other word could be substi tuted therefor. These have all -come di rectly from Cuba. Another batch may be expected any day from the Philip pines. A language that la now In dally use by over 130,000,000 persons scattered over all the continents and the Islands of the earth , a language used alongside nearly every other living language and Itself a composite , of many other lan- gungessnch a language grows naturally and rapidly. It i.s by no means an idle dream to expect that some time not so very remote the1' English language will become pmctlcitlTy jthe universal lan guage. , , _ Tin : simd - ajr/roor. .i .vr. President Mjjjviuley's conditional promise to review tlte annual parade of the Brooklyn Sunfliiy schools later in the present molfth lij an attest of the recognized Importance' of the work be- , Jng done for th''flung people of the 1'nlted States Injjjjj , Sunday schools anil by various church clubs and societies. In this Brooklyn parade It Is expected there will be nt least 00,000 chil dren. This goodly army Is but a com- 'paratlvely small section of the grander army of Sunday school children , num bering millions , marching once each week to lessons In churches nnd mission houses. The value of tills work among the young people Is not questioned. A few days ago the International Sunday School Lesson committee met In Chicago cage and mapped , out the lessons for the first six years of the twentieth century , nnd the line of study indicated by this committee will be followed not alone In the thousands of Sunday 'schools of the United States , but In many .other thousands in all parts of the world. Closely related to the Sunday schools are the Christian Endeavor , Epworth league and other societies of young people ple , numbering millions and rapidly growing In numbers and Influence. Whatever the statistics may show about the condition of the churches , the American Sunday -school army Is vig orous , aggressive and growing1 In size. . It will be well if President McKTailey Is able to turn aside from public duties for a day to revle\v ) an army of Sunday school children. It Avlll show to the \rorld that the greatness of the United States .is nut alone In power to strike effective blows at the . rule of a degen erate kingdom. Store Important still , it will show to the children of America that while the nation looks to armies of wair'ora for defense from pbyufvaL dangers , the hope of the nation lies as ever lu the hosts of. young people In whoso hearts virtue , honor and respect for law are deeply Implanted , Saturday morning the front page of the Fakery was ornaiucnted wttn a placard In stud horse type , announcing "a big scoop. " Thf bljg scoop Is claimed to have been thel ; t and , only authentic nmmnncciucnt WMr Nebraska paper I'vit the Cape vjpflglleot Is on this side of the Atlnntii'.goSls claim would be Interesting If 'tatf ' ! } true , but it Is a fake like most everything else that emanates from "fflnffi Rnirce * < D px' amhmtlou of the regular morning edition of The Bee of Friday reveals that thu authentic news of the arrival of the Spau'sh fleet at Martinique was given prominence on lts ( first page. n1 i i Of course Mr. Italinont , who offered his steam yachbutonthe government on condition that h&.should be its com mander , did nol frftend to engage In privateering , but , thq authorities .nt Washington were doubtless fully Justi- liVd In rejecting the offer to preserve appearances. The United States gov ernment is keeping In the straight and narrow path of modern' International law while conducting tbis war. Oneof - the peculiar aupects of the situation ts the sight of the men who liave been Irow'Ung for more stringent restrictions iipau the admiksloii of Euro pean Immigrants into the United States hardly able to restrain themselves lu their desire to annex by force a few million * of illiterate black white and yellow Inhabitants of ownerless ( stands ( wittered around three different seas. The few itersons who have continued under the spell of the Klondike fever have been informed that spr.ngtlme Is nearly due In Alaska and that the Yn l on river will soon be ngnln OIMMI for tralllc. Hut ( lie transportation lines from Pacific coast cities to Fort M cliael have already recognized the fact that the Klondike boom. Is a matter of Ills lory. ' All HllUCNt CollfCNNlllll. AtchUon Globo. When no arc GO years old wo do not pro pose to ronko ournolf ridiculous by telllnc around that we feel as young as wo ever did. A ' i-.mert lltM-lnlon. Chkn.ru Chronicle. The r.upienio court of the United States 1ms discovered that the Iowa liquor law la Invalid thus affirming the iK'clslcm Imndrd out dally by Apothecary , J. , from behind every prescription case In the state. I.lnhlc o New York Sun. . It Captain General Dlanco , still persisting lu his determination to conquer or He , ever falls Into the hands of the Americans , he should bo confined , for his own Rood , In the refrigerator ship Illinois until his tempera ture Is reduced , ft reduced It can be , to a normal degree. In his present Inflammable and Inflaming condition ho Is liable to burn himself and all Havana. A Dim-onrii lUK 1'roHpcct. L'eorla Journal. If this Daughters and Sons of the Amer ican Revolution craze continues , what are we to expect In the next century ? The newspapers of 100 years hence will doubtless be burdened with numerous Items about how the Daughters of the Spanish War , the Sons of the Hlspano-Amerlcan War , Nephews of Cuba Libre , Nieces of the Order of Manila , Knights of Dcwcy and the like. Mnrlc tin- Louisville Courier-Journal. Note the contrast between the American and Spanish methods of conducting the war. The Spaniards are dally Issuing frantic and furlong manifestoes ; Dlnnco'S absurd "ro ; ports" are being published right and left" and the government at Madrid Is giving out hysteric statements as to Spanish prowess and American Incompetence. In the mean time the government at Washington Is going about Its business , carrying out Its plans , saying nothing and doing everything it sets Itself to do. CMolie TroKer WpntTrnrd llnnnil. Philadelphia Press. It Is quite probable that the war will do more good than harm to the Transmlsslsstppt Exposition at Omaha , which opens Juno 1. So many residents of the Atlantic states will go westward this summer , Instead of going to Europe , that' ' the exposition may safely count on a much larger share of patronage from them than It would have under ordi nary circumstances ; while the largo amount of money that ts being disbursed In pay ment tor war supplies will also be felt tn the receipts of theexhibition. . Omaha has worked hard for this event. It deserves suc cess , and It will doubtless have It. Philadelphia Press. The truth about the reserve armada at Cadiz Is out at last , U ts Ujwto.-ts as much because of lack of officers as deficiency of armament. The big ocean steamships Nor- manula and Columbia are almost converted Into auxiliary Bruisers , but there can be found no commanders capable of handling vessels of the typo of these Atlantic grey hounds. The rest 'of the reserve fleet la said to be little better than paper , and while fatuously brave crews might be found to venture out In the antiquated hulks they would bo as much at the mercy of any American ships now afloat as their brethren were In Manila bay. POItTO Itlt'O. One iir iho Knlrrxt nn l Itlclirnl nf Ilir Anllltr , | A moro fitting location for a fountain o ! j-otith could h.trdly bo found than thn Inland I of Porto Ulco. It l conildcrrd thu iiiont j tipnutlfiit nnd healthful of Aiitlllc * . There I ahound.1 In tropical abundance all things ' ntcpssary for man's comfort and tiip ; | > lmin. i The cllnmtp Is delightful , the verdure trop- ' leal In Its luxurlnncn and undeveloped de- { roslts of precious inotnls nre known to otlst. Anlrnnl life N abundant nnd varied. Catllo ' swarm over the lowland plains nnd In the I more temperate mountain districts the noted I'orto Rlcnn horses nro bred. Sugar , coffee ' nnd tobacco are the chlrf staples , besides , which nre the fruits nndoods of the tropics. All In nil , no spot on thu glebe Is better equipped by nature to support a happy , nnd Industrious population. Porto Hlco has an aicn of 3,530 square i miles. It Is 100 mlles long nnd thirty-seven miles wide. It Is larger than Connecticut , twice the size of Rhode Island nnd might be dropped Into the spacu of Cuator county , | Nebraska , without much of It breaking over , the lines. Thu population Is about 800,000 , [ nearly one-half of whom arc whiles of un- i mixed blood nnd about 80,000 negroes or I imilattocs. Of the "mixed" population quite 300.000 are the Jebaros. an uncommon people said to be of Spanish stock with drops of i the native Indian blood In them. They nro small farmers and laborers. The race Is n [ fine one. showing the regular features mid [ small feet of the Europeans. The Jeb.iros are revolutionists to a man. Thp people have the qualities of an IndustrloiH and highly civilized race and yet the Island's resources remain mostly undeveloped , and of three-quarters of n _ million of white and Jebaro inhabitants , less than 100,000 can read and write. There are two fine old cities In I'orto Hlco San Juan , the capital and pilnclpal port , and Ponce , the Inigt-st city , several miles Inland. The city of San Juan is on , \ piom- ontory standing out Into the sea. The en trance to the bay Is narrow , but thu water Is navigable to vessels of large tonnage. The city Is surrounded with walla and a reef of half sunken locks , extending over about two-thirds of the whole circumference , | makes another barrier. Thu walls are solid , but Would very easllr yield to modern ord- . nance. Until early tn last year the only- battery of any consequence was n new one placed toward the cast coast , designed ap parently to protect the city from an antici pated attack on the land side. The battery mounts several Krupp guns of medium caliber. U Is believed several more of these ( [ were mounted In Morro castle , nt the other of the town. The remainder of the ordnance In San Juan along the walls until very recently was of obsolete pattern and qulto unserviceable. The government of the Island Is charac teristically Spanish oppressive , vindictive and arrogant. The Dons consider them selves superior people , and net on the prln- ' clple that the natives ewe them n living. Some 35,000 of them , all hailing from Spain. comprise the governing class , Into which n .native cannot break without a rr\olutlon. These alien officeholders drain the colony of Us public money. Their domineering ' manners and high-handed actions have j brought upon them the haticd of natives. They come to the province with the single object of making : money and their venality has corrupted the public service to such an extent that bribery Is now necessary In pro curing a decision In every couit of justice. The taxes , which are burdenpome , are raised by duties on exports , ns well aa Im ports , and by a series of petty personal taxes , such as none but a spiritless people would willingly stand. These Include stamped paper , a toll on railroad passengers and freight , and even on the consumption of food. I i The total revenue collected In n year from this little island Is } : i,947S75. Of this , 3- 29T.2.5 goes directly for maintaining me standing army and navy , whose- sole purpose U to keep In subjection the people who sup port thorn , Of the remaining JOOO.OOO , but small Rlmre In de > otrd tn public imrponct Unit will benefit the proptn of the IM.utd , At the InrgCRt portion ROII to cniplnyi-a of the public works , nil of whom are Span * lards. The reRulnr military force In t'orto Illco , under the command of tlio captain general , numbers 4fiOO men , Including two batteries nf artillery and two squadrons of cavalry , They arc welt armed nnd disciplined , and were recruited tn Spain. There In nlso n rorpa of SO'J police nnd fourteen battnllons of \oluntrcr * , containing nbout 0,000 men. The volunteers nre not natives of the Island. Since the last uprising , when n battalion of Porlo Itlcnns went over to the Insur gents , the natives hare not been called upon to serve. The Porto nirnns struggled for Independ ence long before Cuba wns Illumined by th torch of liberty. Severn ! nbortlvo nttempts have been made to drive the Spaniards from the Island , the first being tn tSIO nnd tha last In 1SCS. The revolutionary feeling Is strong at thn present time , and will undoubl- cdly manifest Itself should the United ( States determine to annihilate SpanUfc power on thu Itland. "I. l.ST.H It.tM'9 IIOHIV. Theology Is not religion. Truth Is the secret of loqiii-cj. Forgiveness Is the key that opens hcavrn. The best known * remedy for Inzlncts U to go to work. The rich man who don't glvo will niwuvt remain poor. There nro few Editions neither too long nor too short. Gray hairs and wrlnUlc * won't mean any thing In heaven. If good resolutions could furnhh wlnjrs , everybody would fly. The gift of silence Is often more vnluahl * than thn gift of speech. You cannot tell by the size of the trci how the apples will taite. l > OMi.STIC IDYLS. Chicago Nuws : "Timothy wouldn't niarrj trmt rich widow when hu found out Hlu was deaf. "What dllTervuc-o would that nuke ? " "All the neighbors would hear him when be nuked her for mnney. " Chicago Post : "It soenis like n dream , " i be s.ild In bpeaklni ; of hit cnuit hln. i "Sly boy , " replied the veteran , "when you f wnku up after marrliiKo you will llnd that that Is just exactly what ft Is-nothlng but ' n ill cam. " ' Chicago Rucord : "IJcforo wo were mar ried you told me you wcro u dreamer an ildle ilrenmer. ' "Well , what of It ? " "And now I have to sit up with you nl night butautse. you have Insomnia. " Detroit Journal : "Impoverlshedl" aha moaned , iiKonlxcilly. "Don't set red-bonded ! " Implored her father. Hut how rmild her hair posslblv remain auburn with their Income liillen from $ W- 000 a month tu-uJO u year ? Brooklyn Life : Jobson Just sen how bnnl Dab.son Is working at bentlns that cnrpot. Mrs. Jobson YeH. Mrs. Dobson wets him nt work nt something of the kind Junl after he reads the war Hewn lu thu paper. Harper's Unzur : "Thi-so gloves nre too mnll. " nld pretty little Stltt Jlgh-y to Mr. Wllltlns , who kept n department xturo. "They xiiueeze my hands. " "U'hleh shown that thev are very senslbl * gloved , eh ? " nusiested Mr. JVllklns , iiousr. CI.K.VMM ; . Somervllle Journal. The coal hod'.s In the parlor , Thi > sofa's In the shed. The chamber chairs together Are iilletl upon the bod. The children nil are keeping- AH quiet ns a mouse. Oh. Its no time for foiling. For Dolly's cleaning house ! i Cold vlctualH nro the order ; Pn pets his meals In town , For ma says every cobweb IB golni ; to come down. And .Bridget every corner With soapy suds will souse. Oh , llvlntr is a burden , Kor Dolly's cleaning house ! - WtWW WWJWW ! WWWtWW WWWtWWk ! . . . , . . . _ _ -.r - - /x.O r.x. > xw - > rv/ > < -w-M > rv fu-ir > j- > / > xixMw - i "There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to in cur loss than to make gain" HE present happens to be one of j those occasions with us the reason has been explained. For the past two weeks we have ent a.wide swath in our stock of clothing. Yesterday we received several hundred more suits that were delayed in the first shipment and these we offer at once with the balance that was left as we want very much to reduce this lot in short order and are selling these , new goods of our own manufacture at the present low prices with the single determination to dispose of them quickly. We hope that our friends-will avail themselves of this unusual opportunity. Here is clothing of the finest quality at the lowest prices that are possible. $6.00 for a fine Black or Blue Cheviot Sack Suit Worth $10.00 $7.50 foe a fine fancy Cheviot Sack. Suit Worth $12.00 $8.00 for a fine Cheviot Sack Suit Worth $15.00 $9:00 : Tor a fine Blue Serge Sick Suit Worth $15.00 $10.00 for a fine Sack Suit , fancy or Plain , Worth $18 $10.00 for i fine Clay Worsted Cutaway Suit Worth $20.00 THEN there are suits at $11 , $12 , $13.50 and $15 suits that were made in the best possible manner and to please even the most partic ular. Don't associate these goods at the prices mentioned , with the ordinary kind you see in windows around town they are different and all bear that ' mark of high excellence that can always be found whore you see the name of i Browning , King & COL , MH1GUS AND FlfTCCNTM.